BanjerD Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) With the recent death of manga artist/writer Jiro Kuwata, I have been slowly collecting some original 'Shonen King' Bat-manga titles here in Japan. This is the first appearance in issue #23 from June 1966. These books are really cool and getting harder to find, especially with Batman related covers. The lower margin of the splash page advertises the weekly TV program (with Adam West) on primetime Sunday evenings at 6:30! Edited October 1, 2020 by BanjerD RetiredOldMan, OtherEric and 10centcomics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanjerD Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Some of the DC stories were translated during this Batman fan boom. Here is "Batman #1" from August 1966 RetiredOldMan, alexgross.com and 10centcomics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry E. Gibbs Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Wow, seeing Infantino Elongated man art.. The colours appear excellent and page quality looks very nice. Photos can be deceptive. Did they repeat any of the classic SA covers like Tec 359. The Bat covers look original, but were any of the stories original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanjerD Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) Original DC Batman and Superman stories appeared in Japan since 1949, but the craze never took hold until the TV show in 1966. Here is the cover for "Superman #6" from 1949. Edited September 30, 2020 by BanjerD alexgross.com, Terry E. Gibbs and RetiredOldMan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanjerD Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 Shonen King books from June and August of 1966 Terry E. Gibbs, RetiredOldMan and alexgross.com 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William-James88 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 On 9/29/2020 at 3:21 AM, BanjerD said: With the recent death of manga artist/writer Jiro Kuwata, I have been slowly collecting some original 'Shonen King' Bat-manga titles here in Japan. This is the first appearance in issue #23 from June 1966. These books are really cool and getting harder to find, especially with Batman related covers. The lower margin of the splash page advertises the weekly TV program (with Adam West) on primetime Sunday evenings at 6:30! Does this predate lord deathman's appearance in the west? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanjerD Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, William-James88 said: Does this predate lord deathman's appearance in the west? According to "DC Database" Jiro Kuwata's shinigami is an adaption of the Lord Death Man from Batman #180 from May 1966 Edited October 1, 2020 by BanjerD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William-James88 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 minute ago, BanjerD said: According to "DC Database" Jiro Kuwata's shinigami is an adaption of the Lord Death Man from Batman #180 Thanks, I looked a bit into it. They must have coordinated themselves behind the scenes since Batmsn 180 was out just the month before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 2 hours ago, William-James88 said: Thanks, I looked a bit into it. They must have coordinated themselves behind the scenes since Batmsn 180 was out just the month before. My first introduction to Lord Death Man was the Japanese story, so when I went and read Batman 180 I was soooo disappointed as the story itself was so underdeveloped and just terrible compared to the great version by Kuwata (who seemed to add the right amount of new info and details to the story to make it work better) BanjerD and William-James88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
